René Auberjonois
René Auberjonois at the Galileo7-Convention in Neuss, Germany, 2004
Birth name	René Murat Auberjonois
Born	June 1, 1940 (1940-06-01) (age 67) New York City, New York, United States
Spouse(s)	Judith Mahalyi (19 October 1963 - present)
Children	Tessa Auberjonois, Remy Auberjonois

René Murat Auberjonois (born June 1, 1940) is a Tony Award-winning American character actor, known for portraying Father Mulcahy in the movie version of M*A*S*H and for creating a number of characters in long-running television series, including Clayton Endicott III on Benson (for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award), Odo on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and, currently, attorney Paul Lewiston on Boston Legal. He also has had a long and successful stage acting career. For the Swiss painter (this actors grandfather), see René Auberjonois (artist) René Murat Auberjonois (born June 1, 1940 in New York City) is an American actor best known for his early 1980s role as Clayton Endicott III on the television show Benson and his role as Odo on Star... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 473 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (514 × 652 pixel, file size: 150 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the state. ... is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... Father John Patrick Francis Mulcahy is a principal character from the film M*A*S*H, played by Rene Auberjonois, and the television series, played by William Christopher. ... M*A*S*H is a 1970 satirical American dark comedy film directed by Robert Altman, based extremely loosely on the novel written by Richard Hooker. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... An Emmy Award. ... Odo is a shapeshifter played by Rene Auberjonois on the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... Space station Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (ST:DS9 or STDS9 or DS9 for short) is a science fiction television series produced by Paramount and set in the Star Trek universe. ... Information Occupation Lawyer Title Managing Partner of Crane, Poole & Schmidt and Legal Advisor Episode count 68 Portrayed by Rene Auberjonois Created by David E. Kelley Paul Lewiston is a fictional character in the ABC Television Network series Boston Legal. ... Boston Legal is an American dramedy television series that began airing on ABC on October 3rd, 2004. ...

Biography

Personal life

Auberjonois was born in New York City. His mother was Princess Laura Louise Napoléone Eugénie Caroline Murat, a descendant of Joachim Murat, King of Naples and his wife Caroline Bonaparte, sister of the Emperor Napoléon. His father, Fernand Auberjonois (1910–2004), was a Cold War-era foreign correspondent and Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer, and his grandfather, also named René Auberjonois, was a Swiss post-Impressionist painter. Auberjonois' family moved to Paris after World War II, where at an early age he decided to become an actor. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Joachim Murat, King of Naples, Marshal of France. ... The following is a list of monarchs of the Kingdom of Naples and Sicily: // Hauteville Counts of Sicily, 1071–1130 Roger I 1071–1101 Simon 1101–1105 Roger II 1105–1130 Hauteville Kings of Sicily, 1130–1198 Roger II 1130–1154 William I 1154–1166 William II 1166–1189 Tancred... Capital Naples Government Monarchy King  - 1285-1309 Charles II  - 1815-1816 Ferdinand I History  - Established 1285  - Union with Sicily 1816 The Kingdom of Naples was an informal name of the polity officially known as the Kingdom of Sicily which existed on the mainland of southern Italy after of the secession... Caroline Bonaparte Maria Annunziata Carolina Bonaparte, Queen of Naples, Grand Duchess of Berg and Cleves (Ajaccio, Corsica, 25 March 1782 – 18 May 1839 in Florence), better known as Caroline Bonaparte, was the seventh surviving child and third surviving daughter of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino. ... Napoléon I, Emperor of the French (born Napoleone di Buonaparte, changed his name to Napoléon Bonaparte)[1] (15 August 1769; Ajaccio, Corsica – 5 May 1821; Saint Helena) was a general during the French Revolution, the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from... Fernand Auberjonois (September 25, 1911, Jouxtens, Switzerland - August 27, 2004, Cork, Ireland) was a highly respected journalist who worked as the foreign correspondent of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Toledo Blade. ... Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ... For the Swiss painter (this actors grandfather), see René Auberjonois (artist) René Murat Auberjonois (born June 1, 1940 in New York City) is an American actor best known for his early 1980s role as Clayton Endicott III on the television show Benson and his role as Odo on Star... Post-Impressionism is a term applied to a number of painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries whose style developed out of or reacted against that of the Impressionists. ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

The family moved back to the U.S., joining an artists' colony in Rockland County, New York whose other residents included Burgess Meredith, John Houseman, and Helen Hayes. The environment confirmed Auberjonois' decision to act, and he made important contacts that were to advance his career. One of the most influential contacts Auberjonois made during this period was Houseman, who gave him his first job in the theater at 16 years of age as an apprentice. They worked together again later, when Auberjonois taught under Houseman at the Juilliard School, and Auberjonois stated in a 1993 interview that Houseman was the person who had most influenced his career. The Auberjonois family also lived in London, England, where Auberjonois completed high school while studying theatre. To complete his education, Auberjonois attended and graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University). The Tappan Zee Bridge, in a view looking toward Rockland. ... Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1908[1] – September 9, 1997), known as Burgess Meredith, was a versatile American actor. ... John Houseman (September 22, 1902 – October 31, 1988) was a Romanian-born actor and film producer. ... Helen Hayes (October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress whose successful and award-winning career spanned almost 70 years. ... The Juilliard School is one of the worlds premiere performing arts conservatory located in New York City, it is informally identified as simply Juilliard, and trains in the fields of Dance, Drama, and Music. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. ...

Auberjonois married Judith Mihalyi on October 19, 1963. They have two children, Tessa and Remy.

Theatre

After college, Auberjonois worked with several different theatre companies, beginning at the prestigious Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. He then traveled between Los Angeles and New York working in numerous theatre productions. Auberjonois helped found the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music Repertory Company in New York. The following is taken from the Arena Stage website: Arena Stage today stands as a flagship American theater. ... For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... The American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) is a prestigious theater company in San Francisco, USA that offers both contemporary and classical theater productions and a wide range of classes. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... The Mark Taper Forum is a small (<1000 seats) theater-in-the-round (thrust stage) at the Los Angeles Music Center. ... Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is a major performing arts venue in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, known as a center for progressive and avant garde performance. ...

Eventually, Auberjonois landed a role on Broadway in 1968, where he appeared in three plays at once: as Fool to Lee J. Cobb's King Lear (the longest running production of the play in Broadway history), as Ned in A Cry of Players (opposite Frank Langella), and as Marco in Fire!. The next year he earned a Tony Award for his performance as Sebastian Baye alongside Katharine Hepburn in Coco. Other Tony nominations were for Neil Simon's The Good Doctor (1973, opposite Christopher Plummer); as The Duke in Big River (1984), winning a Drama Desk Award; and, memorably, as Buddy Fidler/Irwin S. Irving) in City of Angels (1989), written by Larry Gelbart and Cy Coleman. For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lee J. Cobb Lee J. Cobb (December 8, 1911 – February 11, 1976) was an American actor. ... King Lear and the Fool in the Storm by William Dyce (1806-1864) King Lear is a play by William Shakespeare, considered one of his greatest tragedies, based on the legend of King Lear of Britain. ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... Frank A. Langella, Jr. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an iconic American actress of film, television and stage. ... Coco is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by André Previn. ... Neil Simon (1966) Neil Simon (born Marvin Neil Simon July 4, 1927 in The Bronx, New York City), is a Jewish American playwright and screenwriter. ... The Good Doctor is a comedy with music written by Neil Simon. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a musical based on Mark Twains novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, with music and lyrics by Roger Miller and book by William Hauptman. ... Created in 1955, the Drama Desk Award was created to recognize Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway shows in addition to Broadway shows. ... The City of Angels Broadway Playbill, courtesy of broadwayman. ... Larry Gelbart (b. ... Cy Coleman (June 14, 1929 - November 18, 2004) was an American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist. ...

Other Broadway appearances include Malvolio in Twelfth Night (1972); Mr. Samsa in Metamorphosis opposite Mikhail Baryshnikov (1989); Professor Abronsius in Dance of the Vampires, Michael Crawford's unsuccessful rewrite of Tanz der Vampire; and Jethro Crouch in Sly Fox (2004, for which he was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award). Auberjonois has also appeared many times at the Mark Taper Forum, notably as Malvolio in Twelfth Night and as Stanislavski in Chekhov in Yalta, although his performance as Richard III was not a success. As a member of the Second Drama Quartet, Auberjonois toured with Ed Asner, Dianne Wiest, and Harris Yulin. He also appeared in the Tom Stoppard and Andre Previn work, Every Good Boy Deserves Favor, at the Kennedy Center and the Metropolitan Opera. For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... Twelfth Night has at least three meanings: Twelfth Night (holiday), celebrated by some Christians Twelfth Night, or What You Will, a comedic play by William Shakespeare Twelfth Night (band), a progressive rock band This is a disambiguation page &#8212; a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share... A cicada in the process of shedding. ... For the Russian athlete, see Aleksandr Baryshnikov. ... Dance of the Vampires (or Tanz der Vampire as the original German version is named) is a musical remake of a 1967 Roman Polanski film called The Fearless Vampire Killers. ... Michael Crawford (right) as Frank Spencer in Some Mothers Do Ave Em Michael Crawford, OBE (born Michael Patrick Dumble-Smith, 19 January 1942 in Salisbury, Wiltshire), is an English actor and singer. ... Dance of the Vampires (or Tanz der Vampire as the original German version is named) is a musical, which deals with the legend of vampires. ... Note: Sly Fox is also the name of a 1980s pop music duo Sly Fox is a comedic play by Larry Gelbart, based on Ben Jonsons Volpone (The Fox), updating the setting from Renaissance Venice to 19th century San Francisco, and changing the tone from satire to farce. ... Begun during the 1949-1950 theater season, the Outer Critics Circle Awards are presented annually for theatrical achievements both on and Off-Broadway. ... Twelfth Night has at least three meanings: Twelfth Night (holiday), celebrated by some Christians Twelfth Night, or What You Will, a comedic play by William Shakespeare Twelfth Night (band), a progressive rock band This is a disambiguation page &#8212; a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share... A portrait of Konstantin Stanislavski by Valentin Serov. ... Frontispage of the First Quarto Richard The Third. ... Edward Asner (born November 15, 1929) is an American actor known for his Emmy-winning role as Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and later continued in a spinoff series, Lou Grant. ... Dianne Wiest (born March 28, 1948) is a double Academy Award-winning, Golden Globe Award-winning, Emmy Award-winning and BAFTA-nominated American actress. ... As Quentin Travers in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ... Sir Tom Stoppard, OM, CBE (born as Tomáš Straussler on July 3, 1937)[1] is an Academy Award winning British playwright of more than 24 plays. ... Andr Previn (born April 6, 1929) is a prominent pianist, orchestral conductor, and composer. ... The Kennedy Center as seen from the Potomac River. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the lead section of this article may need to be expanded. ...

Auberjonois has also directed many theatrical productions.

Films

After MASH, Auberjonois' movie roles have included Colonel West in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, the gangster Tony in Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988), and Reverend Oliver in The Patriot (2000). He has had some rather exotic cameos in a number of films, including Dr. Burton, a mental asylum doctor patterned after Tim Burton, in Batman Forever, and a bird expert who gradually transforms into a bird in Robert Altman's 1970 film Brewster McCloud. Other notable film appearances have included McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971, starring Warren Beatty), The Hindenburg (1975, co-starring George C. Scott), the remake of King Kong (1976), Eyes of Laura Mars (1978), Eulogy, The Feud, and Inspector Gadget (1999). Auberjonois also portrayed the character of Straight Hollander in the 1993 Miramax film, The Ballad of Little Jo, In 2004 he did the voice for "Bio-Constrictor" for the Direct-to-DVD movie Max Steel: Endangered Species. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Paramount Pictures, 1991; see also 1991 in film) is the sixth feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. ... The Patriot is a 2000 film starring Mel Gibson and directed by Roland Emmerich. ... Timothy Tim William Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an Academy Award-nominated American film director, writer and designer notable for the quirky and gothic atmosphere of his films. ... Batman Forever is a 1995 superhero film. ... For other persons named Robert Altman, see Robert Altman (disambiguation). ... Brewster McCloud is a 1970 movie directed by Robert Altman; it centers on a young recluse who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome building a pair of wings so hell be able to fly. ... Henry Warren Beatty (born March 30, 1937), better known as Warren Beatty, is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning American actor, producer, screenwriter, and director. ... George Campbell Scott (October 18, 1927 - September 22, 1999) was a stage and film actor, director, and producer. ... Eyes of Laura Mars is a movie. ... The Ballad of Little Jo is a 1993 film inspired by the true story of a society woman who tries to escape the stigma of bearing a child out of wedlock by going out West, and living disguised as a man. ... A film that is released direct-to-video (also straight-to-video) is one which has been released to the public on home video formats first rather than first being released in movie theaters. ...

Television

In addition to being a regular in three TV shows of three different genres (Benson, comedy; Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, science fiction; Boston Legal, law drama), Auberjonois has been a guest star on many different television series,including The Rockford Files, Charlie's Angels, The Jeffersons, The Outer Limits, Matlock, Murder, She Wrote, Frasier, Judging Amy, Chicago Hope, Star Trek: Enterprise, Stargate SG-1, and The Practice (for which he received another Emmy nomination for a different character than the one he played on Practice spinoff Boston Legal). Television movie credits include Disney's Geppetto, Gore Vidal's The Kid, the remake of the classic, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and the miniseries Sallie Hemings: An American Scandal (2000). He received a third Emmy Award nomination for his performance in ABC's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the television series. ... For the South Park episode of the same name, see The Jeffersons (South Park episode). ... The Outer Limits is an American television series. ... Matlock was a long-running American television legal drama. ... Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher Murder, She Wrote was a popular, long-running television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. ... Frasier is an American sitcom starring Kelsey Grammer as psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane. ... Judging Amy is an American television drama that aired from September 19, 1999 until May 3, 2005 on CBS. The show stars Amy Brenneman of NYPD Blue and Tyne Daly of Cagney & Lacey. ... Chicago Hope was a popular CBS drama series created by David E. Kelley that ran from September 18, 1994 to May 4, 2000. ... The starship Enterprise (NX-01) Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. ... Stargate SG-1 (often abbreviated as SG-1) is a science fiction television series, part of the Stargate franchise. ... The Practice was an American legal drama created by David E. Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston, Massachusetts law firm. ... Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (born October 3, 1925) (pronounced and , ) is an American author of novels, stage plays, screenplays, and essays, and the scion of a prominent political family. ...

Auberjonois has also lent his voice as Janos Audron in three of the Legacy of Kain games, Soul Reaver 2, Blood Omen 2 and Defiance, and he voiced several roles on Batman: The Animated Series, Avatar the Last Airbender, Xiaolin Showdown and Justice League Unlimited and Max Steel. Janos Audron is a video game character in the Legacy of Kain series. ... Legacy of Kain is a series of video games developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Eidos Interactive. ... The animated Batman shoots his grappling gun from a rooftop in a scene from the episode, On Leather Wings. ... Avatar: The Last Airbender (known as Avatar: The Legend of Aang in the UK) is an American animated television series airing on Nickelodeon since February 21, 2005. ... Xiaolin Showdown was an American animated television series that currently airs on Cartoon Network. ... Justice League Unlimited (or JLU) was the name of an American animated television series that was produced by and aired on Cartoon Network. ... Max Steel is a Sci-Fi/Action, CGI, animated series which originally aired on February 25 2000 - June 23 2002 yet Season 3 had no air dates, although Cartoon Network aired the third series. ...

Auberjonois has directed some TV shows, including Marblehead Manor and several episodes of DS9 listed below.

Radio and other voice work

Auberjonois has also been active in radio drama. Among other programs, he read "The Stunt" by Mordechai Strigler for the NPR series Jewish Stories From the Old World to the New. He has also recorded a number of novels on tape. As for film voice-overs, he was heard in Disney's The Little Mermaid (receiving top billing as Chef Louis), and as The Skull in The Last Unicorn. He also did the voice of Vanity Smurf from the Smurfs series in the 80's. NPR logo For other meanings of NPR see NPR (disambiguation) National Public Radio (NPR) is a private, not-for-profit corporation that sells programming to member radio stations; together they are a loosely organized public radio network in the United States. ... The Little Mermaid is a Disney animated feature adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale The Little Mermaid. ... The Last Unicorn is a 1982 fantasy film, based on the novel written by Peter S. Beagle, and adapted by him for the screenplay. ...

Deep Space Nine directorial credits

• "Prophet Motive"
• "Family Business"
• "Hippocratic Oath"
• "Indiscretion"
• "The Quickening"
• "Let He Who Is Without Sin..."
• "Ferengi Love Songs"
• "Waltz"
• "Strange Bedfellows"

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Further reading

• Rene Auberjonois biography at the Memory Alpha site
• Auberjonois' profile at the Boston Legal site
• Auberjonois' profile at the StarTrek.com website
• Profile and interview at TV Guide
• Hear Sam Downie interviewing Rene, on Sam Downie's Tech:Casts Podcast series

External links

• Rene's Home Page
• Rene Auberjonois at the Internet Movie Database
• Rene Auberjonois at the Voice Chasers Database
• Rene Auberjonois at TV.com
• Rene Auberjonois at the Internet Broadway Database

• Voiceography and Photo
• Rene Auberjonois article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki